gretaboy wrote:fantastic weather this morning for riding....had my "neighbour" fly past me on his TT bike with about 6-8 k's to go on my ride in...let him go saying to myself "its the end of the week, Im taking it easy, he has fresh legs" and let him go....for a bit, then the competitive streak cut in and I made myself work hard...was doing around 30-31 when he went past, ended up doing 37-41 trying to catch him.

With about 2 k's to go to my office I caught him at the bottom of a hill. I knew he would slow down a little going up it. He was a bit surprised when I called out to him to go a bit faster. I think he thought he had blown me away well and truely. Was on his back wheel all the way up the hill with some in reserve, even though I was hurting.

Ride home will be a casual one for sure now

Well done gretaboy - that is the good sort of hurting. I know how this one feels as I ride with a younger work mate on a much faster bike who likes putting me in the hurt box. The other day when we were about to part company to go home he dropped the hammer down with 2km to go with 500m to the turn off he turned his head to see how slow he would have to go to let me catch up and I was just about to pass his shoulder is what I got. The next day and the rest of the ride home were slow.

This morning the ride in was just great - but hardly saw another cyclist which is rare at the moment.

Got my first KOM on the way to work yesterday... Nice.Got another on the way home, but it was just a result of a GPS glitch. I was on the other side of the freeway to the segment. Thing is ... it is clear the other top few riders are there due to the same glitch. I've "flagged" the segment asking for the KOM to be taken from me.

well the combination of my effort in the morning and 25k/h + headwinds for the entire ride yesterday did me in...was absolutely knackered by the time I got home. Was a bit warmish too, ended up drinking 4 water bottles for the ride.

Well done TW at least you still made it. Slow for me this morning as well - headwind; yes (only for the last 2kms), red lights; no, damp conditions; no.

Friday legs and no effort; big yes. Just had nothing in the tank this morning and am planning a longer ride home tonight. The weather is just great at the moment so even riding slow is a pleasure. Hope everyone else is enjoying riding as much as I am at the moment.

gretaboy wrote:well the combination of my effort in the morning and 25k/h + headwinds for the entire ride yesterday did me in...was absolutely knackered by the time I got home. Was a bit warmish too, ended up drinking 4 water bottles for the ride.

excuses thread for me today (though I did test out my new wheels this morning)

How were the wheels? Pro-Lite Bracciano right? I've been using them for commuting wheels for 2 and a bit years, and they are great. Still true to within 1mm after some pretty ordinary roads (mainly broken bitumen).

Braccianos combined with Continental GP4000s can be a bit skittish at higher pressures (that's mainly due to the tyres ), but that has improved to a wonderful ride by using latex inner tubes (with butyl spare).

Back on topic: Nice ride in for me this morning. Bumped into an old work colleague, so I dawdled along chatting. It felt like Brisbane summer humidity again this morning. Lots of sweating, but no too bad.

Marto wrote:How were the wheels? Pro-Lite Bracciano right? I've been using them for commuting wheels for 2 and a bit years, and they are great. Still true to within 1mm after some pretty ordinary roads (mainly broken bitumen).

Braccianos combined with Continental GP4000s can be a bit skittish at higher pressures (that's mainly due to the tyres ), but that has improved to a wonderful ride by using latex inner tubes (with butyl spare).

yep. braccianos. only did 11kms so don't really know. felt like I was holding speed uphill a bit easier. tomorrow will tell. EDIT: this is in comparison to the original Oval W-530 that came on the Fuji.

PB on a Strava segment yesterday morn on the way in, 3rd best on way home. There was a tailwind for the return journey, but it was very dry and by about 3/4 the way home the smoke in the air was making the throat very dry and hard to go hard, might have got a PB on the way back we're it not for the bushfires upwind.

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Comedian wrote:It really felt like summer in bne again. I didn't push this morning but got to work sweaty.

I think the garmin said about 25...

Was that you I saw on TJ Doyle Memorial Hill this morning mate? I caught up to a couple of guys around Yeronga during my river loop, but didn't have enough pace to overtake them. I said as much to them and apologised for the wheel suck along the Corso. One of the guys looked like a trimmer version of your avatar pic.

Comedian wrote:It really felt like summer in bne again. I didn't push this morning but got to work sweaty.

I think the garmin said about 25...

Was that you I saw on TJ Doyle Memorial Hill this morning mate? I caught up to a couple of guys around Yeronga during my river loop, but didn't have enough pace to overtake them. I said as much to them and apologised for the wheel suck along the Corso. One of the guys looked like a trimmer version of your avatar pic.

I had a frustrating commute today. Was all good this morning and then this afternoon I thought I'd go KOM hunting in the wind. First attempt was foiled by a lady on a bike, cars, and then a tradie that really wanted to get in front of us so he could left hook us. Next one failed because the wind was too easterly (about 45deg of what was needed). The next one... I tried... got it stoked up and then felt like I was a 5 pack a day smoker (forgot my puffer!)... none the less I pushed on with my lungs hanging out. Did what was needed and then found the segment was too close to home so my privacy zone killed it.

Loaded the commuter up this morning without really paying much attention to tyres etc because I had just performed my weekly maintenance yesterday. Had a coffee, watched the news, then pushed the bike out of the garage, ready to leave. Except the bike didn't roll very well. Reason - front tyre deflated. Switched kit between the panniers on the commuter and the ones on the MTB and headed off. Will look at the tyre later - suspect I damaged the tube where the valve enters it while pumping up the tyres yesterday. Pretty ok ride on the MTB.Warm morning here in Melbourne.

CRASH! ~30km/h and accelerating - about to try and hit a STRAVA segment... Right hand turn and the front wheel goes. Had a staple give me a puncture. Skin off a couple of knuckles and impact scraping and bruising to my thigh and shoulder. Bent and scraped shifters, bars slightly 'off centre' and the front wheel is now a few millimetres out of true...

Kenzo wrote:CRASH! ~30km/h and accelerating - about to try and hit a STRAVA segment... Right hand turn and the front wheel goes. Had a staple give me a puncture. Skin off a couple of knuckles and impact scraping and bruising to my thigh and shoulder. Bent and scraped shifters, bars slightly 'off centre' and the front wheel is now a few millimetres out of true...

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